Re: Recognizing superuser in pg_hba.conf

Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.devel.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Stephen Frost <[email protected]> writes:
> We already have a reserved namespace when it comes to roles,
> specifically "pg_"..  why invent something new like this '&' prefix when
> we could just declare that 'pg_superusers' is a role to which all
> superusers are members?  Or something along those lines?

Meh.  If the things aren't actually roles, I think this'd just
add confusion.  Or were you proposing to implement them as roles?
I'm not sure if that would be practical in every case.

			regards, tom lane
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